MaineBoats Blog

FLOAT: Art of the water

Monday, August 3rd 2015

FLOAT, the final exhibition of CMCA's summer season, will open to the public on Friday, August 7, with a ...

Classic boat gawking!

Friday, July 31st 2015

If you like classic wooden boats, the cluster of races leading up to the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta tomorrow in Brookin ...

Learning & Fun at 2015 Boat & Home Show

Tuesday, July 28th 2015

The Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show has teamed up with the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership to create a fleet of family-friendly activities during the ann

Going with the wind and the waves

Monday, July 27th 2015

This little unmanned sailboat named Bon Voyage was launched July 27 several hundred miles east of Nova Scotia from the ...

New speed record set by a Maine-built boat

Tuesday, July 21st 2015

The Maine-built hi-tech racer Commanche, sailed by skipper Ken Read and a crew of 20, has set a new monohull ...

Mavis: an Irish Beauty

Tuesday, July 21st 2015

One of Ireland's most beloved yachts, MAVIS, a lovely 38-foot wooden yawl designed and built by John B. Kearney ...

Tall Ships parade planned in Portland

Friday, July 17th 2015

This has been a week for magnificent big sailing vessel in Maine. On July 18, 2015, a fleet of magnificent ...

New leader at Morris Yachts

Friday, July 17th 2015

Morris Yachts, a Maine-based builder of high-end sailing yachts from 29-to-80 feet, has appointed new leadership. Pete Carroll is now ...

CASTINE TO CELEBRATE SCHOONERS

Tuesday, July 14th 2015

To launch its sixteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race, the Castine Yacht Club, in cooperation with Mystic Seaport and the ...

Win your own schooner

Friday, July 10th 2015

You've read about essay contests to win country inns, but what about a boat, a historic schooner? Brenda Thomas ...

Junior Olympic sailing in Camden

Friday, July 10th 2015

The Camden Yacht Club and its Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program will host the a USA Junior Olympics Sailing Festival ...

Boston Whaler rendezvous

Wednesday, July 8th 2015

Organizers of the 13th annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show invite Boston Whaler owners from near and far to trailer their Whalers to Rockland for a rendezvous during the s